Literature:- Art Buchwald - Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator and author (raised SDA)
- Richard Wright - one of first African-American writers to achieve literary fame (raised SDA)
- Arna Bontemps - important Harlem Renaissance writer, poet
- Rene Noorbergen - author of religious books, books about prophecy, incl.: Secrets of the Lost Races: New Discoveries of Advanced Technology in Ancient Civilizations; Ellen G. White, Prophet of Destiny; Jeane Dixon: My Life and Prophecies; The Ark File; Charisma of the Spirit: In Search of a Supernatural Experience: A Journalist Looks at the Tongues Movement; Nostradamus Predicts the End of the World; The Soul Hustlers; The Death Cry of an Eagle: The Rise and Fall of Christian Values in the United States; A.D. 2000: A Book About the End of Time; Invitation to a Holocaust: Nostradamus Forecasts World War III; Shadow of Terror; Noah's Ark Found: The End of the Search; You Are Psychic: The Incredible Story of David N. Bubar

Religious Leaders:- Ellen White - co-founder and early prophetess of the Seventh-day Adventists
- Joseph Bates - sailor, sea captain, and a co-founder of Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Admiral Barry Black - became the Senate Chaplain for the U.S. Senate in August 2003; first African-American and first SDA to hold this position
- Wintley Phipps - SDA pastor, singer; founder of the U.S. Dream Academy; multiple Grammy nominations; author of The Power of A Dream (1996)
- John Osborne - controversial SDA minister, criminal, hate-monger, and eventually repentant televangelist and author
- Victor Houteff - founder of the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, an SDA splinter group (1942-1961)
- David Koresh - former SDA who became Branch Davidian leader

Controversy:- Elizaphan Ntakirutimana - chief SDA pastor of Rwanda who, along with his son Gerard, was one of the leaders of the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda
- Gerard Ntakirutimana - medical doctor and Seventh-day Adventist who was one of the leaders of the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda
- Lee Boyd Malvo - younger member of the "Beltway Sniper" duo that terrorized the Washington D.C. area in 2002 (former SDA; converted to Islam before he became a serial killer)
- Marcus Wesson - mass murderer who killed 9 family members in Fresno, California in March 2004
- Robert L. Yates, Jr. - most prolific serial killer in Washington state history
- Dayton Leroy Rogers - the "Molalla Forest Killer"; serial killer convicted of killing six women
- George Speight - leader of an indigenous uprising and non-violent coup attempt in Fiji, year 2000
- Kenneth Bianchi - "Hillside Strangler" serial killer (converted to SDA while in prison after his crimes)

Other:- Eva Dykes - pioneering African-American female scholar, who broke through barriers by earning a Doctorate degree
- Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain - SDA pastor and his devout SDA wife who were wrongly accused of murdering their baby Azaria after a dingo snatched and killed her. Strong religious prejudice in their community helped lead to a wrongful conviction in what became one of Australia's most famous crime cases: the Dingo Trial of 1981-82. Elaine Hudson and John Hamblin starred as the couple in the 1983 TV movie "Who Killed Baby Azaria?" Miranda Otto and Craig McLachlan played the couple in the 2004 miniseries "Through My Eyes." Meryl Streep and Sam Neill starred as the couple in the 1988 movie "A Cry in the Dark."

In addition to the individuals listed above, some people who known within the SDA community, specifically because of their missionary efforts or other contributions to Seventh-day Adventism, include Hudson Taylor, John Tay (Pitcairn), Elsa Luukkanen (Finland), Luther Warren and Henry Fenner (SDA youth organization), Charles and Mary Andrews (student missionaries),

Other names that have been submitted by readers of this website, but which we have not finished doing additional research and verification for:Dawnn Lewis - actress
Malik Taylor ("Phife") - rap singer; group: Tribe Called Quest (lapsed)
John Davis - rap singer; group: Tribe Called Quest (converted to Islam)
Kim Fields - actress, "Facts of Life", "Living Single" (lapsed)
John Leguizamo - actor
Chilli - from pop group
A.C. Green - former Phoenix Suns basketball player
Clarence Thomas - U.S. Supreme Court justice
Bernie Casey - professional football player who became a film actor
Jonathan Slocumb - comedian best known for his frequent appearances on The Steve Harvey Show
Fred Hammond - musician
Lola Falana - singer, dancer, actress
Fred "Rerun" Berry - actor
Al Jarreau - singer
Busta Rhymes - rapper
Dick Rutan - pilot
Muhammad Ali (when he was still Cassius Clay) - boxer
Roy Rogers - actor
Dale Evans - actress
Alan Wiggins - noted Major League Baseball Player with the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles. Was a member of the Padres 1984 World Series Team. Still holds Padre's single-season stolen base record with 70 steals (reportedly raised SDA)
Gene Conley - dual-sports figure of the 1950s. Played simultaneously with both the Boston Red Soxs as a Pitcher, and Basketball for the Boston Celtics
Oliver Nelson - noted African-American Jazz, Film, and TV composer. Wrote theme for TV's Six Million Dollar Man
Dr. Frank Jobe - acclaimed sports surgeon with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and most noted for his "Tommy John Surgery" which has saved the careers of numerous athletes
Rod Perry - actor best known for his major supporting role as "Sergeant David 'Deacon' Kay" on the TV series "S.W.A.T." (1975-1976)
Jonathan Jackson - actor, singer with band Enation
Musical Groups: Isley Brothers, and Black Sabbath

Interviews with Seventh-day Adventists, published in Dialogue

College and University Dialogue is a publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. According to the publication's official webpage, it is "an international journal of faith, thought, and action published by the Committee on Adventist Ministry to College and University Students (AMiCUS) in cooperation with the 13 world divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church." This journal regularly publishes brief interviews with Seventh-day Adventists. An index to these interviews, ranging in time from 1994 through 2003, can be found here: http://dialogue.adventist.org/indexes/profiles.htm